Arboretum Waterway

Image of Western pond turtles sunning themselves on a concrete pipe in the UC Davis Arboretum waterway.

Floating nets support turtle conservation research

  • by Katie Hetrick
  • Fri, June 10, 2022
Hoop net traps are being placed on an intermittent basis to harmlessly sample turtles throughout the Arboretum Waterway and Putah Creek over the next few months. It's all part of active turtle research study to understand how our native turtle populations are affected by non-native turtle species in addition, scientists hope to learn how we to best support native species recovery and conservation.
Peter Moyle, associate director of the Center for Watershed Sciences, poses with a common carp.

Common carp could be cause of common problem in Arboretum Waterway

  • Fri, February 21, 2020
Carp Research in the Arboretum Waterway

Undergraduate researcher Kim Luke with the Center for Watershed Sciences is working with the Arboretum and Public Garden to conduct an experiment about how different fishes in the Arboretum Waterway may influence water quality. She is particularly interested in how one kind of fish, common carp, influence algal blooms.

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